Rapunzel Comparison

While many of Disney's fans and viewers may argue that his recreation of fairy tales made little to no impact on the original meaning, Zipes believes otherwise. "Disney's film is also an attack on the literary tradition of the fairy tale. He robs the literary tale of its voice and changes its form and meaning" (344). Disney not only adjusts the main elements of a story, but he also alters the point of view and the narrator, as we see in Puss in Boots. Instead of the story being told from Puss' point of view, the "hero" of the story is the young boy. In Disney's other fairy tale recreations, he often adds characters and makes them the hero or savior of the story. Often, instead of being told by a female point of view

Cinderella has changed so little over time that it seems we’re still in the 1700’s listening to Charles Perrault. And yet it remains of the most popular fairy tales read to children. The role of women continue to be either the cruel, evil one or the good, docile one while the prince continues to be the saving grace of the helpless girl. The skeleton hasn’t changed much as well. A damsel in distress, saved by a knight in shining armor, who falls in love with her and they live happily ever after. Does this sound familiar? This sentence might as well be a fairy tale. We’ve seen this over and over in Cinderella, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White.

Everyone loves a good fairytale, and nothing is quite as magical and heartwarming as a Disney fairytale. The themes of love, comedy, and morality deem them as more than just little kids' stories, but suitable and entertaining tales for the entire family. This is known by a majority of the stories' readers. However, what one may not be so familiar with is the origin of these tales. Where did the stories of Cinderella, Ariel, and Rapunzel come from? The Disney writers certainly did not create them themselves. The differences in the originals will shock anyone familiar with Disney. And what about Snow White? There are differences between the original Brothers Grimm version of the ebony-haired, white-skinned princess and the Disney movie, believe it or not. Some major differences between both versions are the multiple ways the evil queen tries murdering her stepdaughter, the cause of Snow White's revival, as well as how the evil queen died. Why the story was altered is obvious:

In the fairy tale “Rapunzel”, the dreamer, Rapunzel, successfully passes through all the Freudian psychosexual stages of development. Symbolism helps to illustrate the dreamer’s movement through the five stages. The Witch portrays the super-ego figure in “Rapunzel”. Rapunzel’s mother plays the Id figure. The events of Rapunzel’s life lead the reader to identify the dream as more of a nightmare. Her father agrees to give Rapunzel to a witch, who then locks Rapunzel in a tall tower; only rescued by a passing prince. Yonic and phallic imagery help identify the dreamer’s current stage of psychosexual development. Although delayed by the witch, the dreamer Rapunzel eventually passes through all stages of psychosexual development.

In the popular musical Into the Woods, composed by Stephen Sondheim and written by James Lapine, a twist is placed on long-loved fairy tales, such as those of Cinderella and Rapunzel. The fairy tales all start out normal- Little Red Riding Hood is going into the woods to bring goodies to her grandmother, Jack to sell his cow for money. Cinderella wants to go to the ball; Rapunzel wants to escape the tower and be with her prince. Everybody wants something, as humans generally do.

This translated to today’s literature, by establishing that no one wants to read about an unflawed character or one with excess. This leads to discussion about another characteristic, the happily ever after. “Then he took her to his kingdom, where he was received with great joy, and there they lived long and happily.” (Grimm 94) In these fairytales, the down on their luck, the poor are rewarded with unknown riches or marriage into nobility, or escaping their curse. In Rapunzel, the cursed maiden is discovered by her long lost prince and married into royalty. The basic concept is that we want to read about flawed persons who rise to the occasion and best those who don’t believe in them, ending up happy. This echoes in today’s literature still, because we see ourselves in these flawed characters, seeing as if they can persevere, then so can we. What makes all of these happy endings possible (and why we connect to the characters) is the way these characters come upon riches and joy. Another characteristic of the Grimm’s stories are the main characters perseverance, selflessness, patience or beauty to achieve betterment. Rapunzel waited several year, while raising her children before she found her happy ending, but it states that “Rapunzel was the most beautiful child in the world” and that “as he drew near he heard a voice singing so sweetly that he stood still and listened. It was Rapunzel in her loneliness trying to pass away the time with sweet

The story of Rapunzel, by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, has the same basic structure as all other fairy tales born from the oral tradition; what is commonly referred to as the opening, main part and ending, is the foundation of the tale.

The Brothers Grimm fairytale of Rapunzel was the inspiration for the popular Disney movie Tangled. The story of Rapunzel was written 1812 and the modern day version Tangled retold this enchanting tale that brought Rapunzel back into the hearts of girls young and old. While there are many similarities between the two, the differences are also important.

In the novel Rapunzel Untangled, Rapunzel is an eighteen year old girl who is locked away in a tower. Her mother comes to visit her every morning and night at six o’clock. In addition, her mother tells her, her hair holds magical powers that will save humanity. However she is not allowed to go outside because of her SCID’s (which means she has to stay inside because she is allergic to the outside world). In the beginning of the novel, Rapunzel starts to notice her and her mother's differences in appearances, like hair and eye color, but doesn't question it because her Mom is the only person she knows. While Rapunzel was doing homework on her computer, she stumbled across Facebook. She wanted to see kids her own age on there so, she typed in

The style of the Grimm brothers famous tale, Rapunzel, has a very nice balance of short and complex sentences. Each sentence has a great rhythm feel to it and seems to fit well, in between whatever sentence surrounds it. Whichever Grimm brother mostly wrote “Rapunzel” seems to have a more denotative style. His style, in my opinion, fits perfectly with the tale. But writing is subjective. The setting is very vivid and is complemented by the use of old and formal words. Literal and physical images help us to gain a mental picture of the land the Author wants us to see. There are some recurrent images as well such as the garden, the rampion, the tower, and definitely the enchantress's wall.

Continuing in her position as the moral control, the witch tries to protect her Rapunzel by locking her up. This attempt to preserve the girl's chastity ultimately fails because a prince discovers her when he hears her singing. Song is a symbol of

My favorite stereotype that has been highlighted in the film Tangled is the social hierarchical system. Mostly, in Disney films and other magical stories depict the princess getting married to the prince or even a person from the same financial or social level as hers; so that they do not mess up the social hierarchical system. However, in the film Tangled, Rapunzel ends up getting married to Flynn, who is a thief; therefore one of lower financial and social class

When creating a movie that is adapted off a book, things are added and left out to the point when sometimes the film version is vastly different to the original. So much so that it can bring surprise upon others when finding out that the film is based off a book, story or folktale. This is somewhat evident in Disney’s 2010 version of Rapunzel, Tangled. Based on the German folklore collected by the Grimm Brothers, Rapunzel focuses more around taking responsibility for your actions and waiting for true love to find ways around hardships so that lovers can be together forever. Although the Disney version has underlying themes around true love

The famous Nicholas Sparks novels “The Notebook” and “The Last Song” are based on non fictional events, while “Rapunzel” is a fictional short story fully based on fairytale. Although these are two different genres, all three pieces share a common story line and even the same themes. The story line, like any princess fairytale or romantic novel involves two people who fall in love but go through many obstacles to be together. However, in the end, they live happily ever after. The two themes that these three pieces of literature have in common are determination and fate. Throughout this paper you will see this story line and those themes unfold.

In this movie, the Gothel is like a witch and ugly woman. But she try to be a nice woman for Rapunzel and she raise her up in the castle. Rapunzel think that the Gothel is her real mother. The castle that is so lonely place for the girl, Rapunzel. When Rapunzel tell her mother “Mom, I want to go outside”. At that time, the Gothel said that “this place is save for you, do not go outside”. When we see this two conversations, Rapunzel is a naïve girl. She do not even touch the ground from outside of the castle. Her life is gone in the castle. She is so simple and innocent girl. She do not know the human tricks especially her mother, Gothel. In Rapunzel point of view, her mother is a very good mother for her. She love her. But our point of view, her mother is a cruel mother for Rapunzel.